Adam Hochschild

Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.

American Writer

Robert Schumann

My indifference to money and my spendthrift ways are disgraceful. You have no idea how reckless I am; how often I practically throw money out of the window. I am always making good resolutions, but the next minute I forget and give the waiter eightpence.

German Composer

Will Self

To purposely concoct older characters of a sunny disposition would be as much of a solecism as deliberately fabricating arrhythmic blacks, spendthrift Jews, slacker Japanese and so on.

English Author

Louis A. Johnson

This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.

American Public Servant

Soundarya

Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift.

Actress

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

Politician

Britt Ekland

Think of your pension and start saving. Like my father, I have been a spendthrift, and I regret that.

Swedish Actress

Robert Louis Stevenson

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

Scottish Writer

Spendthrift implies a negative judgment towards careless spending habits.

Negative Connotation

A spendthrift does not think about saving money or budgeting.

Not Budget-Conscious

The term 'spendthrift' usually implies spending in excess, more than is prudent or wise.

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